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In the wake of Photo Weekend Düsseldorf there were many bigger and smaller exhibitions in the city where great photography was on display. In the case of this shot, we feigned interest in the images exhibited on the various floors of Hotel InterContinental on the … Continue readingFlickr Upload: the.lobby

The story around this shot is actually somewhat unusual. I had scouted this location with the stripes on the ground like I always do and was thinking about possible angles and POVs always considering how people usually walk there. when I saw this lady and … Continue readingFlickr Upload: lines.legs.and.heels

This shot is fresh off the memory card. I took it during Karneval but it isn’t a typical carnival portrait at all as you can see! I saw that beautiful and all enveloping scarf first and was lucky enough that the lady turned around to … Continue readingFlickr Upload: veiled

Here comes part 10 in the rainy series. What I liked about this shot was how it transported the feeling of a fleeting encounter with someone during a short but heavy rain shower. There’s no way for you to get back to it and all … Continue readingFlickr Upload: the.downpour.part.X

This shot I took right after that heavy rain you saw in yesterday’s shot. The sun had come out pretty much immediately and it caused the wet surfaces of the street to glisten nicely. I tried making an interesting composition with people walking toward me. … Continue readingFlickr Upload: the.downpour.part.IX

The series continues with this lady fending of the heavy pelting from above. I like how the lines work in this. The placement of the main subject is pretty good, even though the VR guy on the ad is a bit too close, I fear. … Continue readingFlickr Upload: the.downpour.part.VIII

I’ve been using a Synology DiskStation 1010+ for more than 7 years now. At the time it was one of the fastest NAS systems that were (fairly) affordable. It is able to read and write over my gigabit ethernet at 80-90 MB/s. I got it … Continue readingRAID 5 on Synology DS1010+

I thought this one would be a nice continuation of my rainy day series. The girl seems to be carefully planning her next step in this heavy rainfall and with the streets being wet and slippery. I’m still mostly in the same spot as I … Continue readingFlickr Upload: the.downpour.part.VII